Cloud Programming World Cup
The 4th Cloud Programming World Cup Overview

Guideline for applicants
The objective of the competition is to develop software that can run on VR-Cloud® using UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit) and VR-Cloud® SDK.
This software could be: all-purpose software, application programs, engineering software, business software or game software.

[Available software / Free license duration term]
Applicants can rent the available software licenses and can participate in the training seminars (including paid seminar) of the available products held by FORUM8 with prior registration.

[Intended Products]
UC-win/Road		UC-win/Road SDK
VR-Cloud®		VR-Cloud® SDK		a3s(Anything as a Service) SDK

[Judging Standard]
The objective of the competition is to develop software that can run on VR-Cloud® using UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit) and VR-Cloud® SDK.
-Entries are limited to the unpublished work
-Deliberates (work and data) will be judged mainly with the idea of the evaluation of as soft, but also how to write source will be considered.

[Deliverable]

-Application program		Simplified user manual for the program (Word format)
-Source code and script (text format)		Concept of the program, future task and idea etc. (PowerPoint format)

*Not only the program but also including the contents would be fine.

[Judging Committee]

Mr. Tomohiro Fukuda	(Head of judges and associate professor from the Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University)
Mr. Hiroyuki Hakura	(Designated professor of Digital Hollywood University, Graduate School)
Mr. Taro Narahara	(Associate professor from the College of Architectural Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Mr. Yoann Pencreach	(Chief Manager of VR development group, FORUM8)

Prix
Cloud Programming Cup Prize(Highest Award) : 1
Judge's special prize : 3 - 4

For Inquiries
FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office Publishing team in charge of Cloud Programing World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL : 03-6894-1888          FAX : 03-6894-3888     E-mail : cpwc@forum8.co.jp
URL : http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/index.html

Virtual Design World Cup
The 6th Students BIM & VR Design Contest on Cloud Overview

Guideline for applicant
Theme2016 "Extension of the central city Melbourne" - Ideas for urban design in Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area

[Available Software / Free license duration term]
Applicants can also participate in training and seminar (free or paid) on this software held by FORUM8.

[Available Software]

UC-win/Road (including Tsunami, Debris-Avalanche, Point Cloud / As-built drawing management plug-ins)

UC-1 Series (Bridge pier design, Bridge abutment design, 3D bar arrangement CAD others)

UC-1 for SaaS (UC-1 cloud version, RC section, FRAME others) (Japanese only)

Super Computer Cloud®, Allplan, Engineer's Studio®, EXODUS/SMARTFIRE, Wind and Heat Movement Analysis Support Service

Municipality Solution, Parking Solution, VR City Planning System

[Judging Standard]
The use UC-win/Road is mandatory for the creation of the work. In addition, contestants must use at least one more FORUM8 software/solution to create their work of art, which must have the element of the BIM/CIM and VR and the capability of being used in these disciplines. Entries are limited to the unpublished work.

[Deliverable]
-The VR data created by using the software/solution
-PDF file of A1 sized poster (oriented horizontally)

[Judging Committee]

Mr. Yasushi Ikeda	(Chief of executive committee of VDWC / Prof. of Graduate School of Keio University / Representative of IKDS)
Mr. Yoshihisa Hanamura	(Director of NPO Civil Machizukuri Station / Director and Chairman of Civil NPO Collaboration Platform)
Mr. Kostas Terzidis	(Associate professor of Harvard University, USA)
Mr. DAVID TSENG	(National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Advisor : Ms. Jane Burry	(Associate Professor of RMIT University in Australia)

Prize

World cup prize(Highest Award) : 1	Excellent prize : 2
Judge's special prize : About 4	Nominee's prize : About 5

For Inquiries
FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office Publishing team in charge of Virtual Design World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL : 03-6894-1888          FAX : 03-6894-3888      E-mail : bim@forum8.co.jp
URL : http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/index.html

Virtual Design World Cup Details of the theme and the target site

[Theme]
"Extension of the central city Melbourne" - Ideas for urban design in Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area -

VR design for community

Forum8's Virtual Design World Cup (VDWC) has continued to expand year on year, with growing interest from more participants around the world. The potential increases further this year with VDWC 2016 moving to Melbourne, capital city of the state of Victoria and the second largest city in Australia in the southern Hemisphere. Fishermans Bend, located between the existing Melbourne central city and Port Phillip Bay, is the largest, and one of the most significant, urban renewal areas in Australia. The Victorian Government's long term strategy for metropolitan Melbourne, which is called Plan Melbourne, identifies Fishermans Bend as a key part of an expanded central city that will transform former industrial precincts into a series of modern, vibrant and distinctive areas.
In this grand plan, our subject of VDWC 2016 focuses on urban design proposals in and around the Lorimer precinct. Lorimer, within the City of Melbourne municipality, is adjacent to the existing central city - directly south of Docklands and close to Southbank (urban renewal areas that have been redeveloped since the 1990s) and the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Victorian Government (with input from the City of Melbourne and other stakeholders) is preparing a precinct plan for Lorimer to achieve the vision for the precinct to be a great place with a vibrant mix of uses, including housing, employment and retail. The Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan which was produced by Metropolitan Planning Authority in 2014 provides the current high level guidance for development.
Fishermans Bend is a complex project. Routes for new public transport services (which are vital to unlocking this area for redevelopment) have not yet been confirmed. The large Westgate Freeway and Citylink/Bolte Bridge structures divide the area and connections across, over or under those elevated roads are important. These are all considered among a background that prioritizes pedestrians and cyclists over vehicles for neighbourhood access.

Comprehensive and practical design solutions for the complex issues of landscape and traffic, amenity and sustainability, must be effectively simulated and persuasively presented with VR. The creativity of participants will be called on in first understanding previous discussions and current plans, and then focusing on innovative ideas for their design proposals.